Soluble galactoside-binding vertebrate lectins: a protein family with common properties.
1. Soluble galactoside-binding lectins could play a key role in vertebrates by specifical binding to complementary glycoconjugates. 2. Their expression and localization are developmentally regulated. 3. They constitute a large family of structurally related proteins which contain a series of conserved aminoacids. 4. Their functional role could vary from an organ to another, and the same lectin may probably mediate several biological activities.
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Laboratoire de Biochimie et Technologie des Protéines, Université Paris Nord, Bobigny, France.
Bladier
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Joubert
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D005697:Galactosides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D037161:Galectins; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012995:Solubility; D014714:Vertebrates
D005697:Galactosides; D037161:Galectins; D006388:Hemagglutinins